How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?

We acknowledge that embracing eco-friendly habits and increasing your recycling efforts may seem like an investment. However, our Zero Waste Bags offer exceptional value for money.
On average, users typically require only 4 small bags or 2 to 3 large bags annually for any specific waste stream, translating to a monthly cost of £7 to £10, depending on bag size and the type of rubbish recycled*.
Explore our informative chart to estimate how long it'll take you to fill a bag based on your unique habits.

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Zero Waste Bag - Small

Regular price £23.00 Sale price £27.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 25.50 cm wide x 35 cm high
Depth: Expands to 4 cm in the middle
Holds approx. 3.5 L of waste.

Our small Zero Waste Bag takes an average of 3 months to fill based on customer return feedback. For more accurate results of units per bag/type of rubbish collected click here.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Arrived promptly ready to recycle my blister packs

Medicine packaging

We use our small bag for empty pill packets such as paracetamol. It’s quite surprising how quickly they accumulate over the year and it’s nice to know that they’re not being sent to landfill. I would recommend them as it’s an easy win!

Easy Recycling

This small bag is ideal for recycling blister packs from medications & I think this will last our household about 3 months.

Convenient and reassuring

I am delighted to use TERRACYCLE to recycle the plastic medicine sheets. I received my first bag promptly and the return process is very simple via the InPost locker. Great to know the plastic will be recycled properly.

Efficient & eco-friendly

I've been peeling foil off tablet blister packs to recycle and wondering if it's a waste of time, so delighted to receive a bag to recycle them with full instructions what to do when its full for my future packs. Quick delivery in a fully recyclable pack

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Zero Waste Bag - Medium

Regular price £32.00 Sale price £38.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 40 cm wide x 42 cm high
Holds approx. 7 L of waste.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

A fantastic way for me to recycle my medical blister packs

Recycling of blister packs

It drives me nuts that our local council don’t offer this service so I’m thrilled I can “do my bit” by using Terracycle.
Although it costs me I’m prepared to do it until this country gets its act together

Finally a way to recycle tricky bits!

Great service, fast delivery and collection on return.
I’m now guilt free thinking of what my medicine blister packs will be in their next life ♻️ Thank you Zero Waste!

Thank you for trusting us with your blister packs! We’re so glad the service was quick and easy. Together we’re keeping waste out of landfill, your support means a lot!

Blister pack recycling

Delighted to be able to recycle these as I cannot do this locally and I don’t want them to end up in landfill. Process is super straightforward too.

Well worth it!

I'm so happy with this purchase. I'm a teacher and am using this bag to recycle old stationery in my classroom. I feel so much better knowing all that waste will be recycled rather than discarded, it is well worth the money in my opinion (and a medium sized bag fits so much!)

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Zero Waste Bag - Large

Regular price £41.00 Sale price £49.00

Dimensions & Capacity:
Size: 60 cm wide x 59 cm high
Holds approx. 14 L of waste

Our large Zero Waste Bag takes an average of 4.5 months to fill based on customer return feedback. For more accurate results of units per bag/type of rubbish collected click here.

With Zero Waste bags choose to recycle one of 14 different types of rubbish listed below:

All Plastic Packaging
Crisps Packets & Snack Wrappers
Contact Lenses & Packaging
Beauty Products & Packaging
Empty Medicine Blister Packs
Petfood Packaging
Storage Media

Oral Care Waste & Packaging
Personal Protective Equipment
Stationery
Fabrics & Clothing
Food & Drink Pouches
Non-Electronic Toys
Water Filters

Your Zero Waste Bags will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your Zero Waste Bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Check your nearest locker location here.
Make sure to only collect one type of rubbish per bag and drop off one bag per locker.

Very convenient way to recycle everything that the Council can't

The small bag holds about 3 months of my pill packets, saving me having to take them to a Boots store. And the big bag takes about the same amount of time for me to fill with all the soft plastic packaging and other plastic packaging that the Council can't recycle. The price of the bags seems a lot but you pay for the service and convenience and very little goes in my general waste bin now while makes me happy. Posting the bags back is also very easy.

Cassette tape clearout

The large bag holds a lot of tapes and CDs. I have been looking for a safe way to recycle cassettes for a long time. Really pleased to discover that Terracycle can do this in such a convenient way with the Zero Waste Bag. Will be using this service again for turning out other difficult to recycle items.

Well worth the money

I've used Zero waste three times now and I love the service. I use them to recycle blister packs. I simply fill the bag, seal it and take it to my local drop off service. It feels good to not put all those blisters into landfill. (I'm on a lot of pills) It seems there's nothing you can't recycle ♻️

Practical

The zero waste bag large is very large and you can fit far more in it that you think! I've used 3 in a year for 2 people's flexible plastic waste. It feels great to considerably reduce my non-recyclable waste. I use the zero waste bag because then I know it will definitely be recycled compared to supermarket drop-off where I have to trust that others haven't contaminated the cage of recycling. The inpost locker drop off is easy and convenient.

O.A.P. Recycler very pleased.

I've been a recycler for many a year but couldn't find anyone to recycle my and my families empty tablet packs until TERRACYCLE came along, I am an O.A.P. of 72 years old and I thought I'd have problems understanding the TERRACYCLE scheme but it's so straight forward to use, very pleased with the service and already bought another Large Zero Waste Bag, top service.

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Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag

Regular price £32.00 Sale price £38.00

NEW ARRIVAL! Meet the Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag. With a stronger material than our standard Zero Waste Bags and an added handle and seal, it's specially designed to ensure safe and easy storage of your capsules without leakages.

Dimensions and capacity:
Size: 40cm wide x 50 cm high (incl. handle)
Holds approx. 7 L of waste.
Holds approx. 300-325 capsules/pods to the fill line

With the Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag, you can recycle :

Used coffee capsules & pods
Used hot chocolate capsules
Used tea capsules
Used tea discs

The bag accepts capsules or pods made from both aluminium and plastic.

Please note: This bag is for collecting and recycling coffee capsules & pods only. If you wish to recycle other types of waste, please check the accepted waste of our regular Zero Waste Bags.

Your Coffee Capsules & Pods Zero Waste Bag will be shipped to you in an envelope through Royal Mail within 5 working days.
Keep your bag in a dry place away from wet surfaces.
Fill up your bag to the line with coffee capsules to avoid overfilling and damaging the bag. Please make sure your capsules are completely empty of liquid to prevent any leaks.
Send back your full bags with InPost. Find your nearest drop-off location here.
Make sure to only drop off one bag per locker.

*Based on our customers' feedback. Estimated units and average fill time are strictly estimates and can vary based on an individual customer’s usage habits. Data for the newly launched Medium bag will be added when it becomes available.

How much can I recycle with Zero Waste Bags?